Tennis News
At $2.43M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[Q2] (14) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) l (3) Denis Istomin (UKR,54) 64 36 67(10)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Eric Butorac (USA) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)
[R1] (3) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Leander Paes (IND) bye
[R1] (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Max Mirnyi (BLR) bye

Very tough and heart-breaking loss for Somi ... After looking at the stat it showed he almost played perfect match to match top-50 players but again failed to take crucial points ... Somi started well after breaking Denis's serve in the first game and won first set with that break converting 3rd set points ... In the first set when Somi had set point at Adv-40 rain stopped game ... Again match start and in second set at 0-1 another rain break came ... Somi didn't adjust to these break losing second set with a single break ... In third set both players hold their serves until 6-all, though Somi saved 1 break point ... In tie-break Somi was mini-break down before going up and had 3 match points 6-3 but couldn't converted one ... In tie-break he got total 7 match points but Denis saved all those before converting his first ... Good opportunity loss to qualified for Masters for Somi.
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At $75+H Beijing Challenger, China

[F] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) l (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)/ Artem Sitak (RUS) 67(4) 67(5)

Very close 2 tie-breaks loss for Purav and Sadik in the final.
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At $50K Binghamton Challenger, USA

[R1] (4) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Adam Hubble (AUS) vs Paul Capdeville (CHI)/ Brian Dabul (ARG)

Harsh is back on familiar ground in US from this week.
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At Thailand F2 Futures, Phitsanulok

[Q1] (12) Vivek Shokeen (IND,970) bt Yao-Lun Chang (TPE,1261) 16 63 64
[Q1] Ronam Manuja (IND,1782) bt Kong Pop Lertchai (THA,UNR) 63 64
[Q1] (10) Karunuday Singh (IND,932) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma (IND,1242) 64 61
[Q1] (7) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) bt Warut Korkiatthaworn (THA,1746) 46 64 62
[Q1] (11) Srirambalaji NarayanSwami (IND,935) l Sean Berman (USA,UNR) 76(6) 36 46
[Q1] (14) Ashutosh Singh (IND,994) l Yang Lu (CHN,1424) 46 46

[Q2] (12) Vivek Shokeen (IND,970) bt (WC) Warit Sornbutnark (THA,UNR) 64 64
[Q2] Ronam Manuja (IND,1782) l Sean Burman (USA,NR) 16 26
[Q2] (10) Karunuday Singh (IND,932) l (5)Takuto Niki (JPN,851) 46 61 67(7)
[Q2] (7) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) bt Erik Crepaldi (ITA,1058) 64 62

[R1] Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND,676) vs (1) Hiroki Kondo (JPN,383)
[R1] (Q) Vijayant Malik (IND,858) vs Arata Onozawa (JPN,725)
[R1] (Q) Vivek Shokeen (IND,970) vs Weerapat Doakmaiklee(THA,717)
[R1] (4) Karan Rastogi (IND,478) vs Mikal Statham (NZL,799)
[R1] (3) Rupesh Roy ( IND,467) vs (WC) Wishaya Trongcharoenchakul (THA,UNR)
[R1] (LL) Ronak Manuja (IND,1782) vs (5) Sabestien Rieschick (GER,498)

Doubles
[R1] SHOKEEN (IND)/ TAKEUCHI (JPN) vs RIESCHICK (GER)/ UDOMCHOKE (THA)
[R1] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs (3) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ RUNGKAT (INA)
[R1] MALIK (IND)/ ROY (IND) vs SIRIBUTWONG (THA)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
[R1] (2) KONDO (JPN)/ SINGH (IND) vs CHO (KOR)/ SAFWAT (EGY)

Second week of Thai futures having strong field ... Other than Rupesh and Karan all having tough first round matches ... In doubles this time Vivek and Ashutosh r not playing together instead both playing with Japanese partners.

Shooting News
At 50th ISSF World Championship 2010, Munich, Germany

50m Rifle Prone Women - Final Result
1. Tejaswini Sawant IND 597 pts EWR (41x)
2. Joanna Ewa Nowakowska POL 597 pts EWR (39x)
3. Olga Dovgun KAZ 596 pts

Tejaswini Sawant equalled world record to won gold medal at World Championship at Munich ... She and Polish Joanna Ewa Nowakowska equalled world record but Tejaswini had more bulls eye hits than her Polish opponent ... This is Tejaswini's first world title but unluckily this type of event is not part of Olympics so no Olympic quota for this event.

Archery News
At World Cup Stage 3, Ogden, USA (3 to 7th August 2010)

In World Cup Stage 3 at Ogden, USA from 3 to 7th August 2010 our players filed to perform in singles but our women Recurve team surprised everyone winning Silver medal ... Team of Dola Banerjee, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari defeated mighty Chinese team in semi-final before losing to Korean team in the final.

WOMEN'S TEAM RECURVE

[R1] (6) India bt (11) Georgia
220 pts - 201 pts

[QF] (6) India bt (14) Spain
218 pts - 182 pts

[SF] (6) India bt (2) China
215 pts - 206 pts

[F] (6) India l (1) Korea
209 pts - 204 pts

Vollyball News
At the 2nd Asian Men's Cup 2010, Iran

For 3rd Place

(46) India bt (39) Chinese Taipei 3-1 (22-25 25-20 25-16 27-25)

Good comeback victory by our team after losing first set ... They were in control of winning next 2 sets before winning very close 4th set and match in 1 hour 36 mins ... So good to see our lowest ranked team in the tournament finished 3rd behind Iran and China ... Good preparathin before Asian Games ... This is also the first time that India has had a top-3 podium finish at an Asian Senior volleyball event in more than 25 years and that also outside India.

Tennis News
At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l Mardy Fish (USA) / Mark Knowles (BAH) 57 57

Rohan and Aisam couldn't continue with their good run after winning aginst Bryans in quarter-finals ... This match was close but Mardy and Knowles take crucial breaks to won match in stright sets.
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At $2.43M Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada

[Q1] (14) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) bt (WC) Pavel Krainik (CAN,UNR) 60 61

[Q2] (14) Somdev Devvarman (IND,96) vs (3) Denis Istomin (UZB,54)

Expected dominating win where Somi won inside 45 minutes ... He broke Pavel's serve 6 times in the match and didn't face a single break point on his serve ... Next he is facing tough opponent in top-60 Uzbek Istomin.
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At $2M Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, USA

[Q1] Sania Mirza (IND,138) l (16) Bojana Jovanovski (SRB,98) 57 64 36

Sania's poor run continued ... In the first set Sania was leading 5-2 before losing 5 games in a row ... She won second set but couldn't produce same intensity in decider against Bojana.
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At $100K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[F] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Thiago Alves (BRA)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) 26 75 8-10

In first set Harsh service got broken twice ... In second set again they were early service break down, this time Brian lost his serve in second game ... Brazilians was serving for the match at 4-5 then our pair take crucil break to make it 5-all ... And broke opponents in 12th game to take second set ... They lost close super tie-break ... They were down with double mini-break but managed to save 2 match points from 6-9 before losing third ... Anyway good week for Harsh and Brian.
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At $15K Great Britain F12, London - Roehampton

[F] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) l Joshua MILTON (GBR,745) 67(4) 62 36

Vishnu failed to lift title but performed lot better with same opponent's with whom last week he lost easily ... Showed improvement but wasn't enough.

Vollyball News
At the 2nd Asian Men's Cup 2010, Iran

Semi Finals

(46) India l (18) Iran 19-25 25-22 25-20 17-25 11-15

After losing first game Indians made strong comeback winning next 2 with their superb defensive game but in last 2 games Iranian turned too strong ... We had good chance after taking 2-1 sets lead but it seems Iranian managed to pull victory with their attacking game and home support ... In other semis China defeated Chinese Taipei ... So we r facing Chinese Taipei in 3rd place match.

Tennis News
At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (2) Brian Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA) 76(6) 75

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Mardy Fish (USA) / Mark Knowles (BAH)

Huge win for Rohan and Aisam over Bryan twins ... In this match our pair didn't face a single break point and fired 17 aces ... They created 5 break point chances and broke twins serve once when Mike double faulted twice in 12th game of second set.
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At $75+H Beijing Challenger, China

[SF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Yuichi Ito (JPN)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR) 75 16 12-10

Purav and Sadik scored good comeback win in super tie-break after losing second set poorly.
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At $15K Great Britain F12, London - Roehampton

[SF] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt (WC) Neal SKUPSKI (GBR,UNR) 62 60
[SF] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) l Joshua MILTON (GBR,745) 06 57

[F] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Joshua MILTON (GBR,745)

Good dominating win by Vishnu, I was also hoping Karan's win over Milton but in-form Milton producing some excellent results in these British futures and turned too strong for Karan ... Hopefully Vishnu wins title with taking revenge of last week's loss.
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At Thailand F1 Futures, Nonthaburi

[SF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) l (7) Mohamed SAFWAT (EGY,743) 16 16

Doubles
[QF] (1) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt BEZERUK (AUS)/ EROS (ISR) 75 62
[SF] (1) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt (3) ROELOFSE (RSA)/ SCHOLTZ (RSA) 63 64

[F] (1) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) l MAGDAS (KUW)/ RIESCHICK (GER) 36 57

Disappointing result for Rupesh as he lost one-sided against Egyptian ... Vivek and Ashutosh also failed too lift title in doubles.

Vollyball News
At the 2nd Asian Men's Cup 2010, Iran

Quarter Finals

(46) India bt (16) Korea 3-2 (25-23 12-25 20-25 25-19 15-11)

Simply amazing win by our team against WR #16 Korean team, our first top-20 team on senior level in volleyball ... I think this is our first win against senior Korean team ... I like the way they r fighting in every match in winning or losing, today also they fought back after down 1-2 sets ... Interesting to note that all 4 teams which reached in semis r from Pool A; India, Iran, China and Chinese Taipei

In semis we r facing Iran, so tough considering big local support,

Draw for the 15th Asian Men’s Junior Volleyball Championship in Thailand is declared ... Tournament will be from 1st October to 11th October and the top three teams will book berths for FIVB World Men’s Junior Volleyball Championship in Brazil.

Pool A: Thailand (organizers); Qatar (8th); Maldives (13th); New Zealand; Hong Kong
Pool B: Iran (1st); Japan (7th); Sri Lanka (11th); Indonesia (10th)
Pool C: China (2nd); Korea (6th); Kazakhstan (12th); Vietnam
Pool D: India (4th); Australia (5th); Iraq; Chinese Taipei (9th)

Our matches
2nd October - India vs Chinese Taipei
3rd October - India vs Iraq
4th October - India vs Australia

Tennis News
At $100K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR) 46 63 10-8

Harsh and Brian lost first set against Britishers but our pair won second set to take match into super tie-break ... In super tie-break they were down and needed to comeback but produced very clinical performance when they were 6-8 down winning last 4 points ... At 9-8 they first time take lead in super tie-break breaking Britisher's service before holding their to win this match ... So with that Harsh is in another final.

And mostly first-time Harsh will enter into top-100 doubles ranking.
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At $75K Vancouver ITF Womens Tournament, Canada

[R2] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,138) l (WC) Shelby Rogers (USA,383) 62 57 57

Doubles
[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Stephanie Dubois (CAN) l Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 67(3) 64 5-10

Really shocking performance by Sania as she couldn't perform as per her ranking ... She with Dubois lost in doubles also.
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At $15K Great Britain F12, London - Roehampton

[QF] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt (6) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) 75 62
[QF] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) bt Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) 63 76(3)

[SF] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs (WC) Neal SKUPSKI (GBR,UNR)
[SF] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Joshua MILTON (GBR,745)

Surprisingly straight sets victory for Vishnu against Yuki against whom he struggled in the past ... In the semis he is facing wild-card local player who defeated top-seed player.

After losing first set Divij produced good fight but Karan managed to keep upper hand over his Indian opponent to scored win ... In semis Karan facing Milton, who r in form last few weeks producing good results in Great Britain futures ... Last week also he reached in the final ... Still I m hoping for all Indians final.
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At Thailand F1 Futures, Nonthaburi

[QF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt (5) Weerapat DOAKMAIKLEE (THA,717) 75 63
[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,678) l (6) Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,739) 46 46

[SF] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs (7) Mohamed SAFWAT (EGY,743)

Doubles
[QF] (1) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs BEZERUK (AUS)/ EROS (ISR)
[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ ROY (IND) l MAGDAS (KUW)/ RIESCHICK (GER) 16 46
[QF] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) l (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ RUNGKAT (INA) 36 64 7-10

Sad to see Vijay Sundar couldn't continue with his winning form but other hand good win by Rupesh.

Tennis News
At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Martin Damm (CZE)/ Oliver Marach (AUT) 75 46 10-3

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (2) Brian Bryan (USA)/ Mike Bryan (USA)

Good win by Rohan and Aisam against very experienced doubles players ... Now again they r facing Bryans and hoping for different result than their last match.
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At $75K Vancouver ITF Womens Tournament, Canada

[R1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,138) bt (WC) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN,593) 62 62

[R2] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,138) vs (WC) Shelby Rogers (USA,383)

So expected comfortable win against wild-card opponent ... In second round she is facing another American wild-card player, who upset top-200 Canadian in first round.

Tennis News
At $100K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (3) Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 63 76(6)

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Jonathan Marray (GBR)

Superb victory by Harsh and Brian over very experienced French players ... After winning first set with a break of serve, in second they dsaved a set point before converting first match point in tie-break ... Very good win.
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At $75+H Beijing Challenger, China

[QF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) 64 61

[SF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Yuichi Ito (JPN)/ Amir Weintraub (ISR)

Top-seed Purav and Sadik moved into semis with comfortable win ... Next they r facing unseeded Japanese-Israeli pair.
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At $15K Great Britain F12, London - Roehampton

[R2] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt (Q) Jack CARPENTER (GBR,1214) 76(5) 62
[R2] (6) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) bt (WC) Oliver GOLDING (GBR,UNR) 64 64
[R2] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) bt Baptiste BAYET (FRA,856) 62 63
[R2] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt (3) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,384) 61 0-1

[QF] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs (6) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488)
[QF] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Divij SHARAN (IND,1156)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) l Edward CORRIE (GBR)/ David RICE (GBR) 67(3) 57

Some early results from UK and Divij having huge win over Mecir, though he retired from the match but Divij won first set comfortably against talented Mecir ... Nice to see Karan also moved to quarters with comfortable win.

Vishnu and Yuki kept performing as per their rankings ... But now next they r facing eachother in quarters, may best player win in these 2 matches.

In doubles top-seed Vishnu and Divij lost in quarters.
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At Thailand F1 Futures, Nonthaburi

[R1] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt Yaoki ISHII (JPN,904) 62 63

[R2] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt (Q) Erik CREPALDI (ITA,1058) 64 63
[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,856) l (7) Mohamed SAFWAT (EGY,743) 16 36
[R2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,678) bt Mikal STATHAM (NZL,799) 75 63

[QF] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,678) vs (6) Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,739)

Doubles
[R1] (1) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) bt CHANG (TPE)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA) 63 63
[R1] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) bt KORKIATTHAWORN (THA)/ SORNBUTNARK (THA) 61 64

[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ ROY (IND) vs MAGDAS (KUW)/ RIESCHICK (GER)
[QF] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs (2) DOAKMAIKLEE (THA)/ RUNGKAT (INA)

Rupesh scored comfortable back to back win to moved into quarters ... Vijay also reached in quarters with straight sets victory.

Vollyball News
At the 2nd Asian Men's Cup 2010, Iran

Pool A

(46) India bt (39) Chinese Taipei 3-1 (22-25 33-31 25-18 25-20)

In the final Pool match Indian team scored win over higher ranked Chinese Taipei to finished 3rd in the pool ... After losing first set our team won 2nd game in extra points before taking control of the match ... Iran won the group beating China in the final pool match.

In quarter-final India will face WR #16 Korea.

Tennis News
At $75+H Beijing Challenger, China

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) l Laurent Recouderc (FRA,226) 63 1-2 Retd.

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL) 61 61

[QF] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Harri Heliovaara (FIN)/ Woong-Sun Jun (KOR)

Bad luck for Prakash as he retired from his match after winning first set.
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At $75K Vancouver ITF Womens Tournament, Canada

Doubles
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Stephanie Dubois (CAN) bt (1) Sharon Fichman (CAN)/ Mashona Washington (USA) 60 61

[QF] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Stephanie Dubois (CAN) vs Kai-Chen Chang (TPE)/ Heidi El Tabakh (CAN)

Sania's single match is schedule for today ... Excellent start in doubles with Dubois, they didn't give much chance to top-seed pair in this one-sided match.
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At $15K Great Britain F12, London - Roehampton

[R1] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt (Q) Elie ROUSSET (FRA,1110) 60 36 75
[R1] (6) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) bt Ashwin KUMAR (USA,753) 26 64 61
[R1] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) bt (Q) Edward CORRIE (GBR,1430) 76(3) 64
[R1] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt James FEAVER (GBR,727) 76(8) 75

[R2] (4) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs (Q) Jack CARPENTER (GBR,1214)
[R2] (6) Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (WC) Oliver GOLDING (GBR,UNR)
[R2] (5) Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Baptiste BAYET (FRA,856)
[R2] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) vs (3) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,384)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) Bye

[QF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs Edward CORRIE (GBR)/ David RICE (GBR)

Really good start by our players ... Divij produced excellent win in tight match against higher ranked opponent ... Yuki also produced good comeback win, like the way he dominated decider.

Shooting News
At 50th ISSF World Championship 2010, Munich, Germany

50m Rifle Prone Men - Final Result

India's Hariom Singh, who was playing at his first ever an international shooting competition, surprised everyone with grabbing second Olympic Quota Place for country, a pass to the London 2012 Olympic Games, with finishing sixth with 700.9 (598+102.9) points ... Hariom Singh surprised everyone including his senior partner Gagan Narang , who finished on 62nd place with 591 pts.

Volleyball News
At the 2nd Asian Men's Cup 2010, Iran

Pool A - (10) China, (18) Iran, (39) Chinese Tahipei, (46) India

(46) India l (18) Iran 2-3 (15-25 17-25 25-23 25-23 10-15)
(46) India l (10) China 1-3 (22-25 18-25 25-21 20-25)

The 2nd Asian Men's Cup 2010 is going on in Iran ... After losing against #18 Iran in very close match, where they made excellent comeback after losing first 2 sets, our team lost against #10 Chinese team after giving good fight.

Hopefully our team will pull off deserving victory against Chinese Taipei.

Tennis News
At $100K+H Segovia Challenger, Spain

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (WC) Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP)/ Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) 61 61

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs (3) Marc Gicquel (FRA)/ Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Good solid win against local wild-card pair ... Next facing tough match against experienced 3rd seed French pair.
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At $75K Vancouver ITF Womens Tournament, Canada

[R1] (8) Sania Mirza (IND,138) vs (WC) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN,593)

Doubles
[R1] Sania Mirza (IND)/ Stephanie Dubois (CAN) vs (1) Sharon Fichman (CAN)/ Mashona Washington (USA)

Decent draw for Sania in singles but in doubles she is facing top-seed pair with Canadian Stephanie Dubois.
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At Thailand F1 Futures, Nonthaburi

[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,856) bt (WC)Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,UNR) 63 63
[R1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,678) bt (Q) Ashutosh SINGH (IND,995) 61 75

[R2] Vijayant MALIK (IND,856) vs (7) Mohamed SAFWAT (EGY,743)
[R2] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,678) vs Mikal STATHAM (NZL,799)

Today was better as our both players won their respective matches ... Still no updates on Rupesh's match, may be some matches stopped due to rain.

Tennis News

Somdev climbed to his career best ranking #96 ... This is first time he entered into top-100 ATP ranking ... Somi becomes first male player to enter into top-100 after Leander Paes, who was #100 in first week of July, 1999 ... So after 11 year and 1 month we r seeing our first player in top-100.

Though his this stint will be short as this week he failed to defend 55 points which he earned last year but he will re-enter soon.
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At Thailand F1 Futures, Nonthaburi

[R1] (1) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs Yaoki ISHII (JPN,904)
[R1] Karunuday SINGH (IND,936) l (Q) Erik CREPALDI (ITA,1054) 36 67(3)
[R1] Vijayant MALIK (IND,856) vs (WC)Warit SORNBUTNARK (THA,UNR)
[R1] Srirambalaji NARAYANASWAMY (IND,939) l (6) Nikala SCHOLTZ (RSA,733) 57 26
[R1] Vivek SHOKEEN (IND,975) l (WC) Kirati SIRIBUTWONG (THA,1142) 46 36
[R1] (4) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,678) vs (Q) Ashutosh SINGH (IND,995)

Doubles
[R1] (1) SHOKEEN (IND)/ SINGH (IND) vs CHANG (TPE)/ SIRILUETHAIWATTANA (THA)
[R1] SINGH (IND)/ SIRIBUTWONG (THA) l ISHII (JPN)/ SATO (JPN) 26 36
[R1] (4) MALIK (IND)/ ROY (IND) bt KHUNDARNPINITVON (THA)/ LERTCHAI (THA) 64 64
[R1] NARAYANASWAMY (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) vs KORKIATTHAWORN (THA)/ SORNBUTNARK (THA)

[QF] (4) MALIK (IND)/ ROY (IND) vs MAGDAS (KUW)/ RIESCHICK (GER)

Poor results in singles for our players.

Tennis News
At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[Q2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l Kevin Kim (USA,148) 63 46 16

Somi take early break, he broke Kim's serve in 2nd game and that break was enough to won first set ... In second set Somi was down after losing his serve in second game but he broke back in third game to bring set on the serve ... But Kim take crucial break in 10th game to won second set ... In third set Somi wasted 3 break points but lost his serve in second game ... Kim again broke him in 4th game to won final set comfortably.

Disappointing loss after promising performance in the last week ... Somi need to bring consistency in his performance against players like Kim.
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At $100K+H Segovia Challenger,

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs (WC) Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP)/ Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP)

This week Harsh again playing with Brian in Spain ... Tough field as doubles specialists like Leos Friedl, Nicholas Mahut, and Granollers/Granollers-Pujol among the seeded pairs.

Shooting News
At the 50th ISSF World Championship, Munich, Germany

10m Air Rifle Men - Final Results
1. Niccolo CAMPRIANI (ITA) (599 pts + 103.5 pts) 702.5 pts
2. Peter SIDI (HUN) (599 pts + 101.4 pts) 700.4 pts
3. Gagan NARANG (IND) (597 pts + 102.0 pts) 699 pts

Gagan Narang finished on podium to secure first quota place in 10M Air rifle for the 2012 London Olympics ... Well deserving result for Gagan Narang, who is the current world record holder in this event ... After making it into the final in fifth place with 597 points, Gagan moved up in third place by scoring 102.0 points during the final.

Gagan Narang - “Abhinav Bindra finished on the podium of the last World Championship, in 2006. I am happy that another Indian has made it to the medals here in Munich” said Narang after the awards “I have been struggling with the materials in the last months, but now it’s ok. I am ready to go for the Games!”

Tennis News
At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[SF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) l (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA) 26 46

WR #2 pair of Bryans turned too strong for our pair in semis ... Hopefully next week they perform better against them.
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At $1.17M Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington DC, USA

[Q1] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt (WC) Denis Kudla (USA,612) 61 61

[Q2] (5) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Kevin Kim (USA,148)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Martin Damm (CZE)/ Oliver Marach (AUT)

Good powerful start for Somi with solid win ... It seems in this match Somi gave free tennis lesson To Kudla ... Winnable match against Kevin Kim but he also scored dominated win over Noam Okun.

If Rohan and Aisam wins their first round, then they again face Bryans in quarters.
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At $75+H Beijing Challenger, China

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) vs Laurent Recouderc (FRA,226)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sadik Kadir (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Jose (rubin) Statham (NZL)

Tough draw for Kash as in singles he is facing 3rd seed Frenchman and in doubles he is facing top-seed pair of Purav and Sadik.

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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

Doubles
[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA) 36 76(4) 14-12

[SF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs (1) Mike Bryan (USA)/ Bob Bryan (USA)

Another good comeback victory by Rohan and Aisam in super tie-break ... Rohan and Aisam were 36 03 down before starting comeback and they saved 5 matchpoints before winning it ... Now semis against Bryans.
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick

Doubles Final
(1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt James CHAUDRY (GBR)/ George COUPLAND (GBR) 62 62

Vishnu and Divij won doubles title comfortably beating unseeded British pair ... Hoping next week they with other Indian players transform this type of result in singles also.

Tennis News
At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick

[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) l Joshua MILTON (GBR,741) 36 46

Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS) 64 76(3)

[F] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs James CHAUDRY (GBR)/ George COUPLAND (GBR)

No breakthrough performance for Vishnu in last 3 British futures ... In doubles he is in another final with Divij.

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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) l (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46) 67(9) 26

Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR) 67(3) 60 10-7

[QF] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Arnaud Clement (FRA)

Somi started positively and break Tips serve in 4th game ... In next game Somi was down 0-40 on his serve but saved all to hold his serve to lead 4-1 ... Somi missed opportunity of breaking Tips serve in 6th game and then Tips broke him at luv in 7th game to bring set on serve, 4-3 ... Tips played loose 8th game making few unforced errors and then double faulted to gave break back to Somi, 5-3 ... But Somi couldn't hold to win first set and Tips broke back ... In 12th game Somi had couple of set points which he couldn't convert, 6-all ... In ti-break Somi was initially down 0-3 but had another couple of set points at 6-4 but Tips saved both ... Then had another couple of set points but failed to take ... Tips won tie-break at 11-9 ... Somi had 6 set points opportunities but failed to take any.

After losing this long first set Somi couldn't fight much in next set ... He got broken twice before losing the set ... It must be tiring as this was his 5th match in as many days in LA heat.

In doubles Rohan and Aisam comeback strongly in the match after losing first set in tie-break against British pair ... Next they r facing experienced players Frenchman Clement and Israeli Erlich.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Robin Haase (NED)/Rogier Wassen (NED) 76 36 4-10

This week Harsh and Brian lost in the first round against tricky Dutch pair ... They started well with winning first set in tie-break but after that Dutch pair overpowered them and won super tie-break easily.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) l (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 46 16
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick

[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) l (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404) 46 67(7)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt David THURNER (GER,867) 64 62

[QF] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Joshua MILTON (GBR,741)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA) 61 61

[SF] (1) Divij SHARAN (IND)/ Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) vs (3) Tim BRADSHAW (GBR)/ Colin EBELTHITE (AUS)

Expected win for Vishnu and I feel Yuki also gave good fight to player in form ... In doubles Vishnu and Divij kept overpowering their opponents

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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333) 64 64

[R2] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (6) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB,46)

Somi started badly and got broken in 2nd game but he recovered before breaking Steve's serve in 7th game ... Then with another break in 9th game to won first set ... In second set he broke Steve's serve in 5th game and that break was enough to won second set ... While serving for the match Somi wasted 7 match points before converting 8th ... But as per radio commentary after initial struggle with serve Somi was comfortably holding his serve and managed to keep pressure on Steve's serve through out the match.
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At $15K Great Britain F11, Chiswick

[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) bt (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR) 64 62
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) bt Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572) 61 76(5)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) l Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496) 46 16
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) l (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279) 36 36

[R2] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (4) Miloslav MECIR (SVK,404)
[R2] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs David THURNER (GER,867)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA) 62 62

[QF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Daniel GLANCY (IRL)/ James LUDLOW (USA)

Inconsistent game by Karan ... But good to see Vishnu and Yuki had winning start ... Next Yuki is facing 4th seed Miloslav Mecir ... In doubles also Vishnu started with win.

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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) l (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553) 57 36

Talk of having chance of making US qualifying turned fruitless as Kash lost against Japanese qualifier ranked below 550 in straight sets.

In the first set Prakash had 5 break point chances but he failed to take one before losing his serve in 12th game ... In second set Prakash lost his serve in 8th game.

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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278) 62 64

[R1] (Q) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs (Q) Steve Johnson (USA,1333)

Very clinical performance by Somi to qualify for maindraw ... In first set he broke Giovanni's serve twice to won it comfortably ... In second set he take early break on Giovanni's serve and then hold his serve comfortably to won the match.

Now he is having good chance to score maindraw victory as he is facing local young collagiate Steve Johnson in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada

[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) bt Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN) 62 75

[QF] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs (1) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Prakash and Brendan started with straight sets victory against local pair ... Next they r facing top-seed Thai twins Ratiwatanas.
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At $15K Great Britain F11,

[Q1] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Lewis BURTON (GBR,UNR) 63 63
[Q2] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt (14) Matthew SHORT (GBR,1140) 36 63 75
[Q3] Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) bt Kevin BOTTI (FRA,UNR) 63 62

[R1] Yuki BHAMBRI (IND,488) vs (Q) Antoine ESCOFFIER (FRA,UNR)
[R1] (8) Vishnu VARDHAN (IND,449) vs Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR,572)
[R1] Karan RASTOGI (IND,478) vs Alexandre FOLIE (BEL,496)
[R1] (Q) Divij SHARAN (IND,1156) vs (2) Laurent ROCHETTE (FRA,279)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Baptiste BAYET (FRA)/ Kevin BOTTI (FRA)

Good to see Divij qualified for main-draw but facing 2nd seed Frenchman in the first round ... Interesting to see how Yuki perform after his long ankle injury break ... Also Karan is playing here with Vishnu.

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At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) l Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA) 36 76(4) 10-12

Rohan lost in the final in very closely fought match ... After losing first set they fought back in the match winning second set in tie-break ... In super tie-break they had match point before Lipsky and Ram winning the match.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377) 76(3) 63

[Q3] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Giovanni Lapentti (ECU,278)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Colin Fleming (GBR)/ Ken Skupski (GBR)

This was huge win for Somi against former top-20 player, though Dima is coming out of injury break ... After winning first set in tie-break, he managed to finish match in 2 sets, now need one more win to qualify for maindraw of Los Angeles ATP tournament.

This week Rohan is back with his regular partner Aisam ... They r 4th seed and in same top draw with top-seed Bryans.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) l (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252) 26 46

Disappointing loss for Sania, who was favourite and highly experienced player from the field ... Sania is struggling with her form and getting back inside top-100 will get lot tougher for her with this inconsistent performance.
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At $100K+H Cordenons Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Robin Haase (NED)/ogier Wassen (NED)

This week also Harsh and Brian r playing together in another big challenger ... They r 2nd seed and facing tricky Dutch pair in the first round.
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At $50K+H Granby Challenger, Canada


[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND,327) vs (Q) Toshihide Matsui (JPN,553)

Doubles
[R1] Prakash Amritraj (IND)/ Brendan Evans (USA) vs Ahmed El Tabakh (CAN)/ Zachary White (CAN)

Due to his inconsistent performance and injury Prakash is out of top-325 ATP ranking .... He need to perform well in these next few challengers to bring back his ranking inside top-250.

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At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 36 76(7) 10-8

[SF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Stephen Huss (AUS)/ Andre Sa (BRA) 75 75

[F] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Scott Lipsky (USA)/ Rajeev Ram (USA)

After scoring superb comeback victory in quarters when they lost first set and then digged deep to win next in tie-break ... In semis also they won 2 tight sets to moved into semis ... In the final they r facing another unseeded Pair of Rajeev and Scott.
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At $619.5K Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, USA

[Q1] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) bt Mao-Xin Gong (CHN,444) 60 64

[Q2] (3) Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Dmitry Tursunov (RUS,377)

Somi started with comfortable win but next match against Dima is tough one, as Dima was former top-10 player who is on comeback trail after long injury break.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l Daniel Munoz-de la Navada (ESP)/ Rui Machado (POR) 46 46

So Harsh and Brian's good run ended against clay courters who were in good form this week.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) l (1) Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO) 46 46

Purav and Ashwin lost against top-seeds.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Tammi Patterson (AUS,546) 60 61

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Emma Laine (FIN,335) 61 64

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (4) Heather Watson (GBR,252)

Doubles
[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bt Nicola George (GBR)/ Lisa Whybourn (GBR) 62 61

[F] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) l Tara Moore (GBR)/ Francesca Stephenson (GBR) 62 36 11-13

Sania scored comfortable wins to moved into singles final but surprisingly she lost in double final with Laine in super tie-break.

Tennis News
At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt Daniela Scivetti (AUS,511) 60 62

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs Tammi Patterson (AUS,546)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bt Daneika Borthwick (GBR)/ Elizabeth Thomas (GBR) 61 61

[SF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) vs Nicola George (GBR)/ Lisa Whybourn (GBR)

Another comfortable win for Sania ... In quarters also she is facing another below top-500 Aussie ... In doubles also she and Emma had comfortable outing.

Tennis News
At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA

[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 63 64

[QF] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/ Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

This was more or less expected win considering Ratiwatanas recent form ... Next they r facing pair who knocked out top-seed British pair in the first round.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) bt (4) Leonardo Tavares (POR)/ Joao Sousa (POR) 46 75 10-7

Excellent comeback win over 4th seed Portuguese pair ... Nice to see Purav is succeeding with different partners.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain

[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) bt (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR) 62 60

[R2] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs Daniela Scivetti (AUS,511)

Doubles
[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) vs Daneika Borthwick (GBR)/ Elizabeth Thomas (GBR)

[SF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs (1) Jamie Delgado (GBR)/ Lovro Zovko (CRO)

Expected easy victory against unranked local player ... Next she is facing below-500 Aussie./span>

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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Martin Alund (ARG)/ Diego Junqueira (ARG) 63 57 10-4

Breaking Argentine opponents service games in 7th and 9th game Harsh and Brian won first set comfortably ... In 8th game only once they faced break point on their service game ... In second set Brian double faulted to lose serve in 5th game ... But Harsh and Brian broke back in 8th game to bring on serve at 4-all ... Harsh lost his serve in 11th game and then Argentine pair hold their serve to won second set .. But in super tie-break Harsh and Brian dominated to won it comfortably.
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)

[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) l Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035) 26 36
[QF] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) l (8) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,816) 46 64 36

Not so fruitful Iranian futures for our players.

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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) bt Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK) 76(5) 75

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs (4) Leonardo Tavares (POR)/ Joao Sousa (POR)

Hard fought win but they managed to overcome their opponents.
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)

[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429)
bt (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR) 64 64
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035) 75 36 46
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477)
bt Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 64 61
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) l Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 36 57

[QF] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[QF] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs (8) Paris GEMOUCHIDIS (GRE,816)

Solid win by Rupesh against tricky Taiwanese opponent ... But sad to see losses of Vijay and Ranjeet.

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At $531K Atlanta Tennis Championship, USA

[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) l (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157) 46 67(3)

Decent performance in the loss by Rohan.
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At $100K+H Poznan Challenger, Poland

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt (3) Franco Ferreiro (BRA)/ Sebastian Prieto (ARG) 57 63 12-10

In the first set Harsh and Brian were up with early break, 3-0 ... But Ferreiro and Prieto broke back to make it 4-all and then take crucial break in 11th game to won first set ... In second set also Harsh and Brian take early break to lead 3-0 ... Again they lost their advantage and got broken in 5th game ... This time they again broke opponents in 6th game to regain their lead, 4-2 ... But again lost their serve in 7th game to bring set back on the serve ... Breaks r raining in this set, our pair again broke their seeded opponents in 8th game to take lead, 5-3 ... And they hold their serve in 9th game to won second set.

In super tie-break both pairs traded multiple mini-breaks ... Harsh and Brian saved 2 match points before converting their 1st match point to scored upset win.
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At $35 Guzzini Challenger, Recanati, Italy

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) vs Marius Copil (ROU)/ Ivo Klec (SVK)

This week Purav is participating in Guzzini Challenger with Ashwin Kumar.
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At $25K Wrexham ITF Tournament, Great Britain


[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND,131) vs (WC) Francesca Stephenson (GBR,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Emma Laine (FIN) bye

Hopefully this week she will perform as per her ranking
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At $15K Iran F2 Futures, (clay)

[R1] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) bt Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) 64 62
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 63 75
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,986) l Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932) 16 06
[R1] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) bt (WC) Shahin KHALEDAN (IRI,1612) 64 75
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) bt (WC) Mohsen HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI,UNR) 26 61 62

[R2] (3) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,429) vs (Q) Yan BAI (CHN,UNR)
[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Marc ABDULNOUR (SYR,1035)
[R2] (4) Rupesh ROY (IND,477) vs Liang-Chi HUANG (TPE,932)
[R2] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,425) vs Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311)

Lot better start than last week for Indian players ... Rupesh having tricky match in second round.

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At $531K Atlanta Tnnnis Championship, USA

[Q1] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) bt John Valenti (USA,UNR) 61 61
[Q2] Rohan Boppana (IND,474) vs (3) Harel Levy (ISR,157)

Doubles
[R1] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Kristof Vliegen (BEL) vs Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

This week Rohan is back on court after successful run at Wimbledon ... Aisam is not available so he is partnering experienced Belgium player Kristof Vliegen.
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) l (3) Donald Young (USA,113) 26 63 46

Donald Young broke Somi's serve in 6th and 8th game to won first set easily ... In second set Somi started positively after saving break point on his serve in 2nd game, he broke Young's serve in 3rd game to take early lead, 2-1 ... Somi again broke Young's serve in 9th game to won second set ... In third set Somi had couple of brak point opportunities in 6th game but he failed to take ... Young take crucial break in 9th game and then hold to win this semi-final.

Little disappointed by this loss but overall good run considering Somi's recent form in challengers ... In next week's ranking he will move couple of places and most probably will qualify for US Open maindraw.
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At $50K Lexington Challenger, KY, USA

[Q1] Yuki Bhambri (IND,475) l (3) Brydan Klein (AUS,338) 64 26 57
Doubles

Yuki played his first match after injury break and produced fighting performance against temparamental Aussie.

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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175) 75 46 60

[SF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (3) Donald Young (USA,113)

In the first set Somi was break up and serving for the set at 5-4 then Alex broke back to make it 5-all ... But in next game Somi broke him again and hold to won first set ... In second set Alex broke him to take 0-2 lead ... Again Somi broke back in 5th game to make it 2-3 ... But while serving for staying in the set Somi couldn't hold his serve in 10th game to lose second set ... After losing second set Somi started aggressively and was making sure more errors from Alex with his game ... Somi broke Alex 3 times in third set to gave him bagel in decider ... Next he is facing American Donald Young.
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[SF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l (4) Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG)/ Alexander Peya (AUT) 06 46

They had somewhat one-sided loss against 4th seed pair, still decent week for Purav with irregular partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 16 46

Expected loss against top-225 player for Vijay Sundar but overall fritful week for him.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 36 63 46

Doubles
[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA) 67(8) 76(6) 8-10

Close loss for Vishnu in singles and doubles.

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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226) 62 57 63

[QF] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs (7) Alex Bogdanovic (GBR,175)

Somdev started positively with 2 breaks he won first set comfortably ... But in second set Alex take early break ... Somi broke back in 10th game when Alex was serving for the set at 4-5 ... Again Alex broke Somi's serve in 11th game and hold his serve to won second set ... In decider again Alex got early break, he broke Somi i the first game and take 0-2 lead ... But from 1-3 down Somi won next 5 games, in that breaking Alex's serve twice, to won set and match ... This was good win as last week Somi lost against same opponent ... Next in quarter he is facing another Alex, this time Britisher Alex Bogdanovic.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) l Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS) 46 62 7-10

Sania lost in doubles quarter-final in super tie-break with Laura Robson.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) l (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379) 76(2) 26 36
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769) 75 75

[QF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (5) Blake STRODE (USA,488) 64 63

[SF] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)

Doubles
[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR) 63 64

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Tim Bradshaw (GBR)/ James Ludlow (USA)

Good to see Vishnu winning these matches to moved into semis ... Divij produced good fight against Joshua, now interesting to see how Vishnu perform against Joshua in semis.
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Badminton News

Saina become WR #2 in newly updated ranking as Xin Wang and other Chinese players still avoiding to play any major tournaments ... Congratulation Saina for achieving another feat ... Also Gurusaidutt first time entered into top 40 world ranking, #39.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA) 26 62 12-10

Good to see fight back by Purav and Brian after losing first set to scored close win in super tie-break.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[R2] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) l Timea Babos (HUN,379) 46 46

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) bt Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN) 76(2) 75

[QF] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)/ Tammi Patterson (AUS)

Timea Babos producing good results in these lower level tournaments but still no reason to support this loss of Sania against below top-375 player ... I hope nothing relation with recent controversy surrounding her that Shoaib Malik missed final XI test selection due to her.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 76(3) 61

[SF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)

Vijay Sundar reached another semi-final in abroad futures, so another player who is showing consistency in his performance.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) bt Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909) 76(2) 76(3)
[R1] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) bt (Q) Francesco Vilardo (ITA,UNR) 62 63

[R2] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs (3) Josh Goodall (GBR,379)
[R2] (2) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR,1769)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR) 63 64

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Alex Golding (GBR)/ Thomas Knights (GBR)

Good win by Divij winning both sets in tie-break but next round is tough one against experienced Joshua Goodall ... Vishnu is lucky to face qualifiers in first 2 rounds.

Tennis News
At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) l (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP) 46 16

Expecting upset from this last minute scratch pair was too much but they produced decent performance in first set before losing second set easily ... At least Harsh got opportunity of taste of ATP tour in doubles, hopefully he will get lot more opportunities in the future with regular doubles partner.
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) bt Wan GAO (CHN,1044) 64 63
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) l (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229) 36 46

[QF] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146)

Doubles
[QF] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) l (1) BALAZS (HUN)/ BALAZS (HUN) 06 36

Vijay Sundar continued to perform as per his ranking.

Tennis News
At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN,225) 57 62 60

[R2] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,105) vs Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA,226)

Again surprising to see Somdev lost first set but also happy then he dominated last 2 to won first round ... In next round lapse in concentration doesn't allow, reason is his opponent Alex Bogomolov Jr. scored victory over Somi in last week's Kennedy Invitational tournament.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) bt (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR) 60 62

Expected easy winning start against this unranked American player.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE) 63 61

[QF] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)/ Alexandre Renard (FRA)

Purav had comfortable winning start with Battistone ... Facing French pair in quartes.
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At $25K womens ITF tournament , Woking, Great Britain

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND,132) vs (Q) Claire Bartlett (USA,UNR)

Doubles
[R1] (1) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Laura Robson (GBR) vs Maria Abramovic (CRO)/ Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN)

Sania is playing at British ITF tournament ... She is facing American qualifier in the first round and with Robson she is top-seed in doubles.
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At $10K Great Britain F10, Frinton

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,389) vs qualifier
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,902) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR,909)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Kyle Brassington (GBR)/ Benjamin Smith (GBR)
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At $15K Iran F1 Futures, (clay)

[Q1] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Ehsan NOURZADE (IRI) 61 62
[Q2] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Anvar RAKHMATOV (TJK) 46 64 62
[Q3] (3) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Akbar RAHMAN (TJK) 60 60

[R1] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1263) bt Amir-Soheil MOHSENI (IRI,1614) 64 46 64
[R1] (3) Rupesh ROY (IND,463) l Stanislav VOVK (RUS,1146) 75 46 46
[R1] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,765) bt (WC) Ashkan SHOKOOFI (IRI,UNR) 75 76(5)
[R1] Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND,942) l (WC) Omid SOURI (IRI,UNR) 63 67(1) 26
[R1] (4) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,465) l Manolis GLEZOS (GRE,1081) 57 57
[R1] (Q) Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND,UNR) l (5) Gyorgy BALAZS (HUN,507) 46 26
[R1] (2) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,437) l (Q) Abdullah MAGDAS (KUW,1311) 67(3) 16

[R2] (6) N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND,754) vs Wan GAO (CHN,1044)
[R2] Abhijeet TIWARI (IND,1261) vs (1) Attila BALAZS (HUN,229)

Doubles
[R1] (4) PERANAMALLUR (IND)/ ROY (IND) l GAO (CHN)/ GAO (CHN) 67(3) 67(7)
[R1] (3) GAJJAR (IND)/ PRASHANTH (IND) l BAI (CHN)/ XU (CHN) 36 76(2) 4-10
[R1] TIWARI (IND)/ VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt AKHAVAN ROUFIGAR (IRI)/ HOSSEIN ZADE (IRI) 63 60

Good performance by Ashwin Vijayragavan to qualify for maindraw but Vignesh lost against local wild-card player ... Terrible day for our seeded players in singles ... In doubles also our 2 seeded pairs lost in the first round.

Table Tennis News

Indian WR #76 Achanta Sharath Kamal won back to back International Table Tennis Championship titles.


Yesterday in the final at Egypt Open Table Tennis Championships in Cairo sixth-seed Sharath defeated top-seed Li Ching of Hong Kong, 11-7 11-9 11-8 11-4.


And last week in the final at US Open Table Tennis Championships in Michigan Sharath defeated Keineth Thomas of Slovakia, 11-9 5-11 8-11 9-11 11-8 11-5 11-9, in thrilling match.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

Doubles Final
(2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER) 64 36 10-7

Good start for Harsh and Ferreiro, they were early break down in the first set but they immediately broke back ... Then they take crucial break on Marx's serve in 9th game and then Ferreiro hold his serve to won first set.

In second set Ferreiro lose his service game early but Harsh and Ferreiro broke Marx's serve in 7th game to bring it on serve 3-4 ... But again Harsh and Ferreiro lose their service game and then missed 2 break point chances in 9th game to lose second set.

In super tie-break Harsh and Ferreiro take early mini-break but 2 times Ferreiro double faulted to gave it back ... But at 7-all Junaid double faults to gave crucial advantage and then Harsh served to win the title.

This is Harsh's first challenger title of 2010 so this is short European tour turning very benefitial for Harsh.
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At € 450K SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Swedeny

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Michal Przysiezny (POL) vs (1) Marcel Granollers (ESP)/ Tommy Robredo (ESP)
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At $75K Aptos Challenger, CA, USA

[R1] (2) Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs Yuichi Sugita (JPN,205)
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At $50K+H Rimini Challenger, Italy

[R1] (2) Purav Raja (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) vs Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)/ Dusan Lojda (CZE)

This week Sadik is taking break (?) so Purav is playing with American Brian Battistone at Rimini Challenger ... They r 2nd seed.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

[SF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Stephan Fransen (NED)/ Pablo Cuevas (URU) 62 57 10-5

[F] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Philipp Marx (GER)

Harsh and Ferreiro stopped fight back of Fransen and Cuevas in super tie-break to moved into the final ... After winning first set easily they lost colsely fought second set against Fransen and Cuevas ... Now in the final they will face top-seed pair of Australian Junaid and German Philipp Marx.

Harsh removed his name from Stuttgard open as his partner Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov get injured but Harsh recieve lucky break as at last minute Polish Michal Przysiezny agree to partner him and he is playing at Swedish Open ... But they r having tough task as they r facing top-seed Spanish pair of Granollers and Robredo.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley

[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) l Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR) 63 57 3-10

After winning first set Vishnu and Divij failed to complete win ... In super tie-break British pair were too strong for them so with that they failed to win back to back titles in these British futures.

Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[SF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 16-21 13-21

It was expected result but Ajay produced decent fight against WR #1 Lee.

Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (MAS,279) 21-19 21-6
[R1] (10) Anand Pawar (IND,44) l Krishnan Yogendran (MAS,129) 21-18 20-22 16-21

[R2] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Giap Chin Goh (MAS,548) 21-12 21-15
[R3] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (Q) Rasmus Fladberg (DEN,UNR) 21-19 21-18
[QF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) bt (7) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,24) 21-19 21-13

[SF] (14) Ajay Jayram (IND,65) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)

Terrific run by Ajay Jayram in this ongoing Malaysia Grand Prix GP ... In that he scored impressive win over top-25 Hong Kong player in straight games in quarter-finals ... In semis he is facing very tough challenge of WR #1 local player Chong Wei Lee.

Tennis News
At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR) 63 76(1)

[F] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR)/ Josh Goodall (GBR)

Vishnu and Divij reached second doubles final in 2 weeks on the grass.

Tennis News
At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED) 62 63

Nice easy straight sets win for Harsh and Ferreiro to move into semis.

Next week at the Mercedes Cup ATP tournament in Stuttgart, Harsh is playing doubles with WR #40 Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov, who is having good results in singles on clay and on grass this year ... He is also regularly playing doubles so looks good choice.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA) 63 63

[SF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (4) Maniel Bains (GBR)/ Marcus Willis (GBR)

So another easy victory in doubles but they need to show same consistency in singles, at least they need to perform as per their ranking.

Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) l (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79) 26 06

Mardy Fish gave grass court lesson to Somi defeating ruthlessly ... Nothing positives from this match for Somi.
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At $50K+H Scheveningen Challenger, The Netherlands

[R1] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) bt Filip Krajinovic (SRB)/ Ivan Zovko (CRO) 46 64 10-4

[QF] (2) Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Franco Ferreiro (BRA) vs Remi Groenendaal (NED)/ Bart Van Monsjou (NED)

Good start with new Brazilian partner for Harsh though match went till STB .. Hopefully their good run continue against local Dutch pair.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain

[QF] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) l Marius Copil (ROU)/ Nikolaus Moser (AUT) 64 67(1) 8-10

Narrow loss ... Failed to finish match in straight sets but also after long time they didn't perform as per their seedings.
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At $10K Great Britain F9, Ilkley (Grass)

[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571) 46 64 26

In Singles Vishnu lost in second round against former top-200 type Australian Colin Ebelthite.

Tennis News
At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) bt Kevin Kim (USA,147) 64 63

[R2] Somdev Devvarman (IND,107) vs (5) Mardy Fish (USA,79)

Good winning start despite Somi struggled with his service games but against he need to bring top A game to give shot against him ... In this match Somi had only 43% 1st serve percentage and he served 7 aces with 7 double faults.
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At $100K+H Pozoblanco Challenger, Spain

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Sadik Kadir (AUS) bt (WC) Juan Jose Leal-Gomez (ESP)/ Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez (ESP) 36 61 10-4

Again good winning start after losing first set in this big $100K+H challenger.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[R1] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) bt (Q) James Ludclow (USA,1778) 63 64
[R1] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (Q) Richard Gabb (GBR,UNR) 26 26

[R2] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS,571)

Doubles
[R1] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Matthew Asciak (MLT)/ Sebastian Lavie (NZL) 63 61

[QF] (2) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs Blake Strode (USA)/ Christian Welte (USA)

Vishnu again start with straight sets win but surprising loss of Divij ... In doubles they started with easy victory.
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At $10K Thailand Womens Futures, Pattaya

[R1] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) bt (Q) Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN,783) 61 64
[R1] Rushmi CHAKRAVARTHI (IND,580) l (Q) Maya KATO (JPN,735) 46 46
[R1] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) bt (WC) Tanaporn THONGSING (THA,UNR) 63 61

[R2] Sanaa BHAMBRI (IND,578) l (7) Sakiko SHIMIZU (JPN,467) 36 16
[R2] (2) Poojashree VENKATESHA (IND,390) l Peangthan PLIPHUECH (THA,972) 26 26

Good start by Sanaa beating foreigner but same old story for Indian women in second round.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 64 76(5)

Leander won his 6th Mixed Doubles grandslam and overall 12th graandslam in 23 grandslam finals after winning 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles final ... Leander created another piece of Wimbledon history by becoming only the second man to win Wimbledon titles in three different decades, before this legendary Rod Lever won it in 3 different decades; 1950s, 1960s and 1970s ... Leander won mens doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi and mixed doubles title with Lisa Raymond in 1999, then won mixed doubles title with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and now in 2010 won another mixed doubles title with Cara Black.

In first set both pairs were making lots of errors and double faults but some energetic game by Cara helped them to capture first set ... In second set Lee and Cara were in trouble in 8th game on Cara's serve but they hold that game after some dog-fight .. Then in tie-break Cara and Lee were down 3-5 but then they won 4 straight points, where Lee served an ace on match point to finish straight sets victory in 1 hour 38 mins.

After reaching his first quarter-final at grandslam Rohan climbed to his career best doubles ranking, #38 ... His partner Aisam also climb to his career best doubles ranking, #37.

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At $442.5K Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, USA

[R1] Somdev Devvarman (IND,103) vs Kevin Kim (USA,142)

Only Somi is playing at Newport ... I think Rohan and Aisam decide to skip this tournament after their quarter-final run at Wimbledon, so nobody r in doubles draw ... Also surprisingly Kash is also missing, hoping not another injury scare.

Somi is facing experienced American Kevin Kim in the first round ... Last year at Chennai Open Somi defeated Kim in straight sets, 63 63, but later at Charlottesville Challenger final Somi lost against him in 3 sets, 46 76(8) 46 ... Hopefully Somi will continue to keep his upper-hand on Kim on ATP tour.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) l (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 67(4) 64 8-10

Lost in close match in the final ... After losing first set in tie-break Somi and Rick won second set to take match in super tie-break but DeHeart and Duclos were prove strong in STB.

Tennis News
At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 46 63 10-8

[F] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (3) Ryler DeHeart (USA)/ Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN)

Somi and Rik scored good comeback victory over top-seeds to move into the final ... They r geling well on the court.
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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

Singles Final
(5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432) 76(2) 61

Terrific win by Rohan over higher seeded Australian in the final ... Congrats Rohan for lifting his first futures title and that is also in abroad ... This win definetely boost his confidence to perform lot better in coming Iranian futures.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

Doubles Final
(1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA) 62 75

Congrats to Vishnu and Divij for winning doubles title in British futures on the grass ... This also give them more match practice on the grass which will hopefully help them in singles for next 2 weeks.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 63

[F] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (11) Wesley Moodie (RSA)/ Lisa Raymond (USA)

Dominating win over doubles partner and with that Lee showed 'who is the boss on the court' ... But joke apart very good win to moved into final.

Tennis News

Rohan's South African physical trainer Shayamal Vallabhjee posted nice photo of news clip from UK newspaper, newspaper called them 'Peacemakers' and slogan on their tracksuit top says -
"Stop War. Start tennis."

Bravo guys, proud of u!


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At $15K Malaysia F2 Futures 2010, Kuala Lumpur

[SF] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) bt (4) Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND,443) 64 62

[F] (5) Rohan GAJJAR (IND,472) vs (3) Kaden HENSEL (AUS,432)

In end comfortable win for Rohan ... In the final he is facing Australian Hensel.

Tennis News
At 2010 Wimbledon Championship, London, England

Mixed Doubles
[QF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) bt (12) Paul Hanley (AUS)/ Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 64 67(4) 63

[SF] (2) Leander Paes (IND)/ Cara Black (ZIM) vs (9) Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/ Iveta Benesova (CZE)

Lee and Cara gelled well on the court and played good tennis ... They were in control of finishing match in straight sets but played couple of loose points to lost second set in tie-break ... But in last set they take important break in 2nd game breaking Paul Hanley's serve that was enough to won set and match.

Interesting semi-final match against doubles partner for Lee.
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At$50K Winnetka Challenger,

[QF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) 63 62

[SF] (4) Rik De Voest (RSA)/ Somdev Devvarman (IND) vs (1) Brian Dabul (ARG)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Somi and Rik moved into semis with very comfortable win, where they will face top-seed pair.
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At $10K Great Britain F8, Manchester

[QF] (4) Vishnu Vardhan (IND,365) l (7) David Rice (GBR,489) 63 67(6) 67(7)
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND,878) l (2) James Ward (GBR,304) 36 16

Doubles
[SF] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt (4) James Cluskey (IRL)/ Colin Ebelthite (AUS) 75 67(5) 10-6

[F] (1) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Vishnu Vardhan (IND) vs (2) Barry King (IRL)/ Ashwin Kumar (USA)

Very close heart breaking loss for Vishnu ... Just couple of points here and there, Vishnu must be fired up for performing better in next 2 weeks ... But our pair in the final after very topsy-turvy match, they won in super tie-break ... In the final they r acing Ashwin Kumar and his Irish partner